Thabit: Hello. I'm Thabit. The youngest Black.
Sniffy: :::cough::: Yet.
Thabit: What you mean Sniffs?
Sniffy: :::trying to look innocent::: Nothing.
Raven: And you think that we will believe in this.
Sniffy: Yes. Besides I have another problems to worry about.
Rowan: What kind of problems?
Sniffy: I was thinking about delaying Brother Brother…
Raven, Rowan, Thabit, Kyle, Draco and Neville: WHAT?!?!
Sniffy: You heard me.
Raven: Why?
Sniffy: Because I think that people don't like it.
Blacks', Lupins' and Tonks' kids: :::stares:::
Sniffy: If people like it, so tell me why I'm on author alert list of 20 people and for last two chapters I have only 4 reviews.
Raven: Maybe… Uhuh…
Sniffy: SO ROVE ME WRONG and help BB survive. LEAVE A REVIEW – EVEN IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME THAT IT SUCKS!!!
Chapter twelve: About tails and memories.
It was day after Neville was brought to Grimmauld Place 12. Raven, Rowan and Draco haven't had a chance to get into his room, because adults, either Mirzam or Sirius or Regulus, guarded it. Raven still had his tail. Mirzam gave him reassuring hug and told that Sirius wasn't walking with his tail for two days but for two weeks and he just thought it was two days. She added also to brighten his mood that she is going to use reductor charm on him later that day. In better mood than yesterday Raven walked into library. He and Draco done with F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M this morning so it left them N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, W, X, Y and Z.
"'Zombie: They exist' was the last" said Thabit and put the book on the shelf.
"What we are doing now?" asked Kyle.
"I would suggest to check how Neville is doing but I know that it is impossible to pass this two watchdogs, no offence Raven" said Draco.
"None taken" replied Raven.
"I'm going to take a long bath, see you later" said Rowan.
"Yeah, my mum wanted to talk to me," said Draco.
"I'm going to take a nap," said Kyle.
"Why?" asked Thabit.
"Full moon tonight" Kyle replied.
"You are staying here?" asked Raven.
"Yes. It's not like we don't have a place to go but Sirius insisted" said Kyle.
"I'm going to read something. What about you Raven?" said Thabit.
"Dunno, maybe I will ask mum to reduce this," he pointed at his tail.
"Good idea" said Thabit and Raven was left alone in the library.
'I should find mum, she should be in their bedroom' Raven thought and left the library.
Mirzam's and Sirius' bedroom was in the same line as Raven's but on the opposite side of the corridor. Raven glanced towards Neville's bedroom, no one was around, he knocked tentatively to his parent's door. No one answered him so he opened it get inside closing the door behind himself. The bedroom was empty. Not literally empty, it has a desk and big bed, few bookshelves, a wardrobe, a couch and an armchair along with coffee table. He spotted a pensieve on the bedside table.
'No I will not poke my nose into not mine business' he said to himself.
But the urge was stronger and he didn't know how he found himself in front of the pensieve.
'I saw my father in women underwear' Regulus voice echoed in his mind. 'My father wouldn't done something like that' voice in his mind replied. 'Come on it wouldn't hurt to get know them better'
Raven fought loss battle. Soon he found himself in his parents' memories.
The room was almost dark and only light came from a single bedside lamp. Raven saw a woman with a little bundle in her arms. His mother...
She looked younger than nowadays, her face was haggard, but she looked happy.
Raven realised that despite what she was telling now she indeed suffered because of Azkaban, she was still thin even if she decided to stop quarrelling with Andromeda and started eating full portions of meals. Her present face was drawn. Fifteen years in Azkaban took almost all of her beauty.
Because the woman he saw here was beautiful. Tired, yes. Haggard, yes, but she had to give a birth to him few hours ago. Slim, yes, but it's nothing to compare her to this walking skeleton she was now. But most from all she was happy, her face shone with an internal light and love.
She took little pud in her hand and Raven saw that little fingers wrapped around her thumb.
"Sadalmelik Matar" she said softly.
"Raven Alrai" said happy voice from behind Raven.
Raven turned and saw his father. Sirius looked younger. A bit older since Raven saw him in Snape's memory. He was slim, yes, but just like Mirzam he didn't look like his usual walking skeleton self.
"Sadalmelik Matar. If I want my son to be named after animal I would chose something better than this" Mirzam retorted.
"Come on with Sadalmelik Matar it would be obvious that he is a Black. And I don't want my son to have so snobbish name" Sirius replied.
"Said the man who was named after the brightest star. Besides Raven is a constellation my dear husband. And I don't want another dog in the family. Two it's enough" she said.
"But why Sadalmelik Matar?" asked Sirius.
"Sadalmelik because he is my little prince and he was born under lucky star. Matar because I give birth to him when was raining and it was the happiest moment of my life"
"You remember this?" asked Sirius.
"Sirius it was just three hours ago" Mirzam stared at her husband.
"I didn't noticed. Anyway I saw Prongs junior"
"And?"
"I never told bigger lie than telling James that his son is a wonderful infant. I didn't told him that MY SON is more wonderful than his. I hope that Harry wouldn't become carbon copy of James. Pray that your sister genes had done something about this"
"Sirius" she scowled him.
"That's my name"
"Speaking about, he need a name" Mirzam glanced at her son.
"I'm still on Raven Alrai. It's less snobbish than Sadalmelik Matar yet still unusual," said Sirius.
"What you think about this little tyke? Raven Alrai or Sadalmelik Matar?" Mirzam asked her little son.
There was a silence then the infant in her arms mewled something what sound like "Ra"
"Traitor" she joked "I see that your dad has better influence on you than I"
Sirius giggled, "Jane asked about you. She is impatient about this whole promising thing. I told her that she can come here and I will give her, Hermione's promise ring"
"Why you are so calm abut this? You are promising your son to daughter of Jane Nott"
"I know. But she is different. She married a muggle"
"What would happen if Jane's daughter turned as muggle or a squib?"
"Small chance Mirzam. Most kids who has squibs for a parent are magical"
"When other parent is a wizard or witch Sirius. Don't forget that John Granger is a muggle"
"So it's true. But wait a minute, if they knew that Rowan is daughter of Jane Nott…" Raven told to himself aloud.
"Azkaban" Raven heard from behind him.
He turned and saw his parents. 'Oh, I'm in deep trouble' he thought.
"This was my happiest memory Raven. The one which Dementors took first. I still have trouble with remembering some things. Your mother as Mencymagus don't have as much trouble as I have and she remember certain things," said Sirius.
"If they are important," said Mirzam.
"Curiosity killed the cat you know Raven," said Sirius.
"Sorry I didn't mean to…" Raven started.
"But I couldn't stop it" ended Mirzam.
"Don't fear, we are not going to scold you" said Sirius.
"But there are people who don't like when someone poke their noses into they private business" added Mirzam.
"I know," said Raven.
"What made you to come here?" asked Sirius.
"Mum promised me that she will reduce my tail," said Raven.
"You promised him that? And I had to walk two days with my" said Sirius.
"It wasn't two days, it was two weeks. I didn't know about that reducing charm then" said Mirzam.
"So there is different reducing charm?" asked Raven.
"Yes, special reducing charm only for Animagi. You went to bed early yesterday and your father didn't tell me about your tail until this morning"
"Slipped from my mind" said Sirius.
"Need a Bilobil?" Mirzam asked.
"I'm not that bad" Sirius retorted.
"Yes, you are" Mirzam said.
"No, I'm not" Sirius growled.
"Whatever" said Mirzam.
When they left the pensieve Raven fell on his parents' bed.
"Why?" he asked.
"Why what?" Sirius asked falling on his bed next to his son.
"Why you didn't told Rowan about her heritage?" Raven asked.
"Because we weren't sure at first" said Mirzam falling on the bed on the other side of her son.
"But know you are" said Raven.
"Yes, now we are. Remus will talk to her about this, when he will find her" said Sirius.
"She should be in the bathroom. She said something about long bath" said Rave.
"There is no way that Remus would go inside the bathroom if there is in other person than Dora or Kyle" said Sirius.
"But he will talk with her about this today, this one I'm sure. Now you are going to suffer consequences of interfering other people privacy," said Mirzam.
Raven gulped.
"Three, two, one, zero" said Sirius and he and Mirzam started tickling Raven mercilessly.
"I give up. I give up," Raven moaned after five minutes of merciless tickling.
"Are you sure?" asked Sirius.
"I'm sure dad"
"You don't know what it means to me Raven" said Sirius and propped on his elbow looking at his son and wife.
"What?" asked Raven.
"That I have you here. All. You, Mirzam, Regulus, Thabit, Remus, Dora, Ted, Andie, Rowan, Kyle, even Cissy and Draco. I have my little family again"
"Little?" asked Mirzam. "You can tell anything that we are not little family Sirius. Counting with you there is thirteen people from the family here"
"And it will be more" said Sirius.
"Fifteen" said Mirzam.
"Dora's and Remus' kid and Neville" said Sirius.
"Right Neville. What about him?" asked Raven.
"Dumbledore will be here around afternoon. He wants to talk about it with us before the full moon" said Sirius.
"Talk about what?" asked Raven.
"Neville's guardianship" said Mirzam.
"Why you two can't adopt him?" asked Raven.
"Because we can't. Remember that you are still important part of this war Raven. We didn't have a chance to know you better, we have to take care about you in the first place. Besides Remus and Dora has to rise two kids now and the third is on the way. Narcissa and Regulus has sons on their own and Neville needs an attention from both guardians" said Mirzam.
"It leaves Andromeda and Ted. Their daughter is of age and has a family on their own. They are still young and as far as I remember they wanted to have a son. I pretty sure that they would adopt Neville until his parents condition get better" said Sirius.
"So there is hope?" asked Raven.
"Yes. Andromeda visited them lately, they are getting better. If everything will go good way Alice and Frank would be ready to left the hospital around Christmas," said Mirzam.
"I want you to don't talk about that to Neville. We are not sure that his parent's condition would get better Raven. He will be informed about everything when the right time would come. Understand?" asked Sirius.
"Yes dad. Do you have a time for our Animagi lessons?" asked Raven.
"You know Mirzam, maybe you should leave his tail, there is a big chance that you will have to reduce more than a tail after our lesson" said Sirius.
Mirzam giggled.
"Raven? Are you here?" asked Draco.
"Yes" Raven replied from his bed.
"How was Animagi lesson with your father?" asked Draco sitting down on Raven's bed.
"Good. I still have a tail, it's more furry now but as a pro I can take that nothing other grows me this time. What had happened?" asked Raven.
"Nothing important. Rowan saw that your parents left Neville's bedroom. We may check on him if you want" said Draco.
"Okay" Raven stand up from his bed.
"How is he?" Draco asked when they entered Neville's bedroom.
"Still sleeping" Rowan answered.
After fifteen minutes Neville decided to woke up. He stirred a bit and slowly opened his eyes.
"Nightmare" Neville muttered when he saw Draco's face and pulled the blanket over his head.
"Nice one, Dragon" Thabit chuckled.
"We have a nick for you Draco, Mr. Nightmare" Kyle chuckled also.
"Very funny, you, you flea ridden fur ball" Draco teased.
"Oh come one, you can better than that" said Kyle.
"Werewolf"
"Ferret"
"Enough!" Rowan scowled.
"Spoilsport!" said Draco, Thabit and Kyle together.
"Neville how are you felling?" asked Raven.
"Sore" Neville replied from the bed then pulled down the blanket and asked, "What had happened?"
"Umm, I'm going to find someone from adults" said Kyle and left the room.
"We don't know" lied Rowan "But you were brought here by our parents. You are safe here," she added.
"Where am I?" Neville asked.
"In headquarter of the Order of the Phoenix, also known as Grim Manor on Grimmauld Place 12…" said Draco.
"Known better as Ancient and Noble House of Blacks" Raven added.
"Blacks?" Neville asked.
"Blacks. He is a Black, he is a Black and I'm a Black too" said Thabit pointing at Raven, Draco and himself.
"I always thought that he was a Malfoy," muttered Neville glaring at Draco.
"Common mistake. He was a Black in Malfoy disguise," said Thabit.
"Very funny Thab, very funny" Draco commented.
"And who is she and that little one who left?" asked Neville.
"Lupins. Rowan and Kyle. I'm Thabit, this one with black hair is my cousin Raven, and the blond one is my another cousin, Draco as you know," said Thabit.
"Raven and Rowan are better known as rest in peace Harry Potter and Hermione Granger," added Draco.
"What?!" Neville asked.
"It's true. Thanks for babbling mister Nightmare. Not exactly. Hermione is Hermione but Harry Potter never existed," said Raven.
"Wrong, Harry Potter existed but died sixteen years ago. The boy who we know as Harry Potter is Raven Black" corrected Rowan.
"Raven Black son of who?" asked Neville.
"Sirius Black, Thabit is Regulus Black son," said Raven.
"But as far I know Regulus Black was dead for at last sixteen years and Thabit don't look like sixteen years old" said Neville.
"I'm not. I'm eleven. So is Kyle. This prats are sixteen," said Thabit pointing at Raven, Rowan and Draco.
"But how it is possible?" asked Neville.
"It's hard to kill a Black. Raven's and Thabit's fathers are walking proofs. Somehow both survived whatever happened to them" said Draco.
"But we may not survive, remember what my dad said 'Stay away from Neville's bedroom until we are sure that he is all right'" said Raven.
"True. I don't want to be on wrong end of uncle Sirius' wand," said Draco.
"You are" said Sirius from the doorway.
"Hello dad, nice to meet you here" Raven said.
"Answer me this question. Which part of 'Stay away from Neville's bedroom' you don't understand?'" asked Sirius.
"Stay away part" said Rowan.
"Very funny, you four go to the kitchen and help your mothers and aunts," said Sirius.
On the way to the kitchen they meet Andromeda and Ted who went to help Sirius.
They ate the dinner in silence and then Remus and Kyle left the kitchen.
"Sirius found a place for their transformation" said Mirzam.
"For who is that cake?" asked Thabit pointing at big chocolate cake on the cupboard.
"Neville" said Narcissa "Poor boy, he has his sixteen birthday today"
"When I find Voldemort or one of his Death Eaters I'm going to kick their arses. Brilliant birthday gift indeed" Mirzam growled.
"Remind me Raven not to get on your mother's bad side, ever" Draco muttered to him.
"Thank you, really. You are very nice people" they heard Neville's voice from the stairs.
"Sorry if it is so little, but we didn't ask Death Eaters if they are going to attack your family so we didn't know. But I can promise you one thing if my wife put a finger in this it is delicious" said Sirius showing Neville to the table.
"About what you are talking about?" asked Raven.
"Raven promise me one thing, never ever made your mother mad enough to not make chocolate cake. It's the best thing I have ever eaten," said Sirius.
"Too bad for you Sirius, it's a small one and only for kids" said Mirzam handing Neville a piece of cake.
Sirius face dropped.
"Tomorrow maybe you will get your piece," said Mirzam.
"For know, you can droll" said Regulus.
"And you with me. I'm going to check on our lycanthropes" said Sirius and left the kitchen.
"Mirzam what did you put in your chocolate cake that your husband is drooling on even thought about this?" asked Narcissa.
"It's a secret Cissy" Mirzam smiled to herself.
Mirzam, Narcissa, Andromeda and Nymphadora showed them to beds short before 11pm.
"You're not funny mum" Raven mumbled settling in his bed.
"I know. Come on birthday boy if you fall asleep quickly your birthday will come sooner," said Mirzam.
"You know what mum. It's my first birthdays which I'm looking forward to have" mumbled Raven when he felt that his mother tucked him into blanket and whispered "Good night birthday boy"
Thabit: Sniffy? I was wondering where our fathers had gone.
Sniffy: Sirius finally gone mad. I think that I saw him in the kitchen muttering about his worst nightmare becoming true.
Raven: And Regulus?
Sniffy: Is having hangover at this moment.
Thabit: Why?
Sniffy: 3 BOTTLES OF FIREWHISKY REGULUS HANGOVER.
Thabit: I still don't understand.
Sniffy: They shouldn't peek into my notes simple.
Raven: What they saw?
Sniffy: Rather who.
Thabit: So?
Sniffy: It was your GRANDMOTHER.
Raven: She is hanging in main hall.
Sniffy: Rather someone opened door for her.
Raven: You are not bringing back my GRANDMOTHER. And on my birthday!
Sniffy: Sorry Sweetheart.
Raven: :::runs away screaming like a madman:::
Sniffy: This would happen of course if you PEOPLE PROVE ME WRONG AND LEAVE A REVIEW… I may not updating BB lately because I have few problems with my computer and then was school ( end of the term ) and X-mas. But for heaven sake I'm a human being and I have a right to be tired and don't have a muse!!!